Many Roman Catholics also agree that there is too much Latin in the Mass; the Vatican is aswarm ... The Pope encouraged the use of good popular hymns in the vernacular at non-solemn liturgical ...

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is celebrating an important Latin American feast day with a Mass featuring Argentine folk hymns. The Argentine pope has praised the "Misa Criolla," one of the first ...

I found those Masses rich and beautiful, particularly as they invited me ... hymns selected for the Mass, the priest’s presiding style and so forth. But again, whatever one thinks of the Latin ...

In the Latin Mass, the congregation is largely silent, with the exception of singing hymns. Lay participation takes the form of prayer and meditation. • The Latin Mass uses a Communion rail ...